Bruce v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Conway Circuit Court. Jeptha H. Evans, Judge, on exchange of circuits. It was error to give abstract instructions. 54 Ark. 336; 41 Ark. 382; 42 Ark. 57; 22 S. W. 160; 2 Ark. 308; 16 Ark. 651; 69 Ark. 380; 63 Ark. 108, 177. The instructions deprived the appellant of the benefit of a reasonable doubt. 66 S. W. 184, 1101; 66 Ark. 449; 64 S. W. 270, 965; 36 S. W. 645; 55 S. W. 896; 20 Ark. 166; 38 S. W. 488; 62 Ark. 478; 58 Pac. 860; 56 Pac. 848;' 57 Pac. 647; 33 Am.
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Appeal from Conway Circuit Court. Jeptha H. Evans, Judge, on exchange of circuits. It was error to give abstract instructions. 54 Ark. 336; 41 Ark. 382; 42 Ark. 57; 22 S. W. 160; 2 Ark. 308; 16 Ark. 651; 69 Ark. 380; 63 Ark. 108, 177. The instructions deprived the appellant of the benefit of a reasonable doubt. 66 S. W. 184, 1101; 66 Ark. 449; 64 S. W. 270, 965; 36 S. W. 645; 55 S. W. 896; 20 Ark. 166; 38 S. W. 488; 62 Ark. 478; 58 Pac. 860; 56 Pac. 848;' 57 Pac. 647; 33 Am. Dec. 463; 30 S. W. 998; 74 Miss. 780; 73 Miss. 873; 62 N. J. L. 456; 119 N C. 793; 17 Mo. 456. If the patient dies from…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
Appellant, Chester Bruce, was tried in the Conway circuit court upon an indictment1 charging him with manslaughter, by stabbing and cutting one Millage Gordon.
Appellant interposed two defenses at the trial: that he acted in self-defense, and that the wounds inflicted by him did not cause Gordon’s death.
In this case the appellant was tried upon a plea of not guilty for manslaughter alleged to have been committed by stabbing and cutting one Millage Gordon.
The defendant interposed the plea of self-defense, and also that the wounds inflicted by him did not cause Gordon’s death. He was convicted…
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